Soul Stone · Achievement #621
Soul of Judas
Complete Boss Rush and defeat Hush as Tainted Judas.
Soul Stone effect guideRepentance · tainted character
Tainted Judas
Compare base stats, review starting health and inventory, learn how to unlock the character, and follow their completion rewards.
Character unlock
How to unlock Tainted Judas
Reach Home as Judas, then open the hidden door with Red Key, Cracked Key, or Soul of Cain.
Read unlock guideBase stat profile
Starting combat stats
Values before collectibles, temporary effects, and most character mechanics. Comparison labels use Isaac's standard 1.00 speed, 2.73 tears, 3.50 damage, 6.50 range, 1.00 shot speed, and 0.00 luck as the baseline.
- Speed
- 1.23 Above baseline
- Tears / sec
- 2.73 Baseline
- Damage
- 3.50 Baseline
- Range
- 4.50 Below baseline
- Shot speed
- 1.00 Baseline
- Luck
- 0.00 Baseline
Reviewed Repentance 1.7.9b reference values. Combat stats are hardcoded by the game and are not stored in the extracted player XML. Check the Tainted Judas reference ↗
Which pickups help this character?
Choose Tainted Judas in the health helper to compare red healing, temporary hearts, coins, and special pickups. For characters with several forms, choose the current form as well.
What do these stats change in a fight?
Read the six HUD stats, understand tears versus shot speed, and compare damage with firing rate. Special weapons and conditional effects need their own rules.
Stats and combat guideHow Tainted Judas works
Time Dark Arts, tag enemies and shots, then leave yourself room to dodge when its protection ends.
Dark Arts timing: rules and examples →Run setup
Starting health and inventory
Base health, pickups, and collectibles from the Repentance player records. Unlockable starting upgrades and special mechanics can change what appears in a run.
Starting health and pickups
2Black hearts
3Coins
Starting items
Birthright
Extended darkness
Greatly increases the area covered by Dark Arts.
Pickup line from the game files. Effect summary checked against External Item Descriptions. See the Birthright item page for general mechanics.
More to earn
Other character rewards
Co-op companions and Soul Stones tied to this character's completion marks.
Cards and runes
Pocket rewards from completion marks
1 reviewed achievement for this character. Each card names the mark that unlocks it.
Reversed card · Achievement #525
I - The Magician?
Defeat Ultra Greedier as Tainted Judas.
Character rewards
Unlockable items and trinkets
4 item reward entries linked to Tainted Judas. Follow the exact requirement shown on each card. Some tainted rewards require a group of completion marks.
Dark Arts appears in both sections: it is this character's starting pocket active, and achievement #587 is a separate item unlock.
Collectible · Achievement #494Sanguine BondDefeat The Beast as Tainted Judas.
Trinket · Achievement #554Your SoulEarn the Isaac, ??? (Chest), Satan, and The Lamb completion marks as Tainted Judas.
Trinket · Achievement #555Number MagnetDefeat Mother as Tainted Judas.
Collectible · Achievement #587Dark ArtsDefeat Delirium as Tainted Judas.These are collectible and trinket rewards in the verified item unlock list. Co-op companions, Soul Stones, cards, and runes with reviewed mark requirements appear in the sections above.
Character-selection and achievement art are from the extracted Repentance files. Starting health, pickups, and items reflect the base player records with reviewed special-character conversions. Combat stats use reviewed Repentance 1.7.9b references because those values are hardcoded and absent from the player XML. Unlock conditions and the additional rewards use reviewed Repentance achievement records and completion references. Repentance+ may differ.